John Butcher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: March 8, 1957 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th) of the 1977 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ).

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 8, 1980 (Age 23-184d, 14,388th in major league history)
vs. OAK 9.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 9, 1986 (Age 29-185d)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: John Daniel Butcher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

4.42

164

113

833.2

363

WHIP

1.391

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-26 / in Starts: 2-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 4

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	136	3	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.86	4.63	30	13	5	1	0	7	50			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.007	1.61	0.01%	-0.29	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d3
2	137	7	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.85	4.08	27	9	7	3	0	8	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.095	1.67	-0.08%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
3	138	12	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(0-2)	4	8.0	6	5	5	0	5	1	0	5.14	3.72	30	15	4	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	.93	-0.246	1.25	-0.20%	-0.91	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
4	139	16	Apr 23	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-9		3	9.0	4	2	2	6	7	1	0	4.20	4.00	40	7	14	1	0	4	72			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.66	0.353	2.15	0.27%	2.65	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
5	140	20	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	L,11-14	GS-6		5	5.2	8	5	5	1	2	3	0	4.79	4.87	25	10	5	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.184	1.07	-0.11%	-2.26	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	141	24	May 3	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-3)	3	4.1	4	7	7	2	2	3	1	5.85	5.75	20	6	6	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.496	.90	-0.30%	-4.69	1b start a 3	5b --- 1 out d4
7	142	29	May 10	MIN		DET	W,12-2	6-8		6	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.65	5.54	14	5	9	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.57	6t --- 0 out a11	8t 3 out a10
8	143	33	May 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS-7		3	6.0	3	2	2	5	5	0	0	5.33	5.30	23	9	1	0	0	3	58			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.30	0.208	1.10	0.11%	1.66	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
9	144	38	May 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	9	5	5	4	0	1	0	5.67	5.53	23	6	13	4	0	0	25			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.14	-0.271	.73	-0.10%	-2.42	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
10	145	45	May 27	MIN		TOR	W,7-6	GS-6		7	5.2	7	4	3	1	1	0	0	5.58	5.28	24	10	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.21	0.020	.85	0.01%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	146	51	Jun 3	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-6	GS-3		6	2.1	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	5.95	5.37	13	3	3	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.327	.53	-0.11%	-3.11	1b start a 4	3b -2- 1 out tie
12	147	53	Jun 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	5.29	8	6	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
13	148	58	Jun 10	MIN		TEX	L,10-14	2-6		4	3.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.88	5.13	15	8	6	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.233	.71	-0.10%	-1.82	2t 1-- 2 out d5	6t -2- 0 out d3
14	149	59	Jun 11	MIN		TEX	L,2-6	16-16		0	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.88	5.18	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.018	.08	-0.01%	-1.24	16t -2- 1 out d3	16t 12- 1 out d4
15	150	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-11	4-6		1	2.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	6.07	5.07	11	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	.02	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-1.88	4b --- 2 out d8	6b 3 out d10
16	151	65	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	L,8-9	6-6	BS(1)	5	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.30	5.06	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.130	1.13	-0.05%	-0.92	6t -23 0 out a1	6t 12- 1 out d1
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Cleveland Indians
17	152	69	Jun 25	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-4)	5	5.2	8	3	3	1	2	2	1	6.19	5.26	25	11	2	0	0	8	42			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.028	.42	0.01%	0.59	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d2
18	153	71	Jun 28	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-9	7-8	L(0-5)	2	0.2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.25	5.27	3	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.80	0.082	1.53	0.03%	0.59	7b 123 1 out tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	154	74	Jul 1	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-0	SHO	W(1-5)	2	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.59	5.01	36	10	14	2	0	7	74			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.145	.18	0.05%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
20	155	79	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	11	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.46	4.99	31	10	10	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.023	.91	-0.01%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	156	84	Jul 12	CLE		TEX	L,6-11	GS-3	L(1-6)	4	2.2	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	5.87	4.93	16	5	3	0	0	8	16			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.262	.95	-0.15%	-3.09	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d4
22	157	89	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-7		7	6.1	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.68	4.78	26	7	10	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.015	1.25	-0.01%	0.96	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
23	158	94	Jul 25	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-7	GS-3		4	3.0	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	5.78	4.73	15	10	4	1	0	1	29			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	1	1	.91	-0.221	1.17	-0.17%	-2.42	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
24	159	99	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,3-11	GS-6	L(1-7)	4	5.1	8	6	5	2	2	0	1	5.91	4.68	28	8	7	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.172	.93	-0.10%	-2.15	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	160	106	Aug 5(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,9-11	GS-1	L(1-8)	5	0.0	4	4	3	0	0	2	1	6.16	4.94	5	0	2	2	0	2	28			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.376	.81	-0.20%	-4.39	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 0 out d3
26	161	107	Aug 7(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-15	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	10	7	7	3	3	0	0	6.49	4.89	25	1	8	2	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-4.93	5b --- 0 out d8	8b end d14
27	162	115	Aug 14	CLE		BAL	L,2-12	6-GF		6	4.0	10	5	5	2	2	1	0	6.65	4.95	23	4	5	0	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	.04	-0.011	.01	0.00%	-2.97	6t --- 0 out d6	9t end d11
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	163	139	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		23	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.60	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
29	164	140	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	L,1-8	8-GF		1	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.56	4.88	10	7	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.01	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
							3-26		W-L:1-8,BSv:1	3.7	120.2	168	93	88	37	45	17	4	6.56	4.88	554	1.25		7%	0%	127	41	7	43%	7	3	0	503	30	2	1	19	6	9	.88	-2.241	.89	-1.22%	-27.02

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